They work together to measure the elevation of the sand’s surface on a millimetric scale and then overlay a colour-coded topographic map atop the sand in real-time. The magic lies within the Microsoft Kinect 3D camera, the 3D visualization software, and the projector. Participants can shape the sand to create hills, valleys, and rivers. The 3D Sandbox, or the Augmented Reality (AR) Sandbox, is a one-meter squared box filled with fine loose sand and a Kinect camera and projector hanging overhead. Now you can relive the memory with something more sophisticated. Winners will be announced the following Wednesday, 4th of June on this post.When was the last time you played with sand and sculpted something fun? The times when you were sitting on the beach using piles of sand to make castles, tunnels, and mountains with shovels and buckets seem far away.
It's quicker to roll into shapes and get back together than playdough.Ĭounting and learning numbers. Toddler Life Skills: Knife skills, cutting. We used some pretend bread and a plastic knife to spread "butter" on the bread. Toddler Life Skills: Scooping and tipping. We loved the intricate detail and patterns of these seed pods. Have a go at imprinting all kinds of things in it. Making patterns in Kinetic Sand with shells and seed pods. :)Īn invitation to play with Kinetic Sand and natural materialsįun for imprinting and general exploratory and sensory play Did you love doing this with sand as a child? You can with kinetic sand as well but be sure to pack firmly. We talked about weight, size and quantities. We discovered that when not packed really firmly, the weight of another cube on top started to make our first cube sink. Just like building with real sand only it slides out perfectly each time I wasn't quick enough to get a picture before it cracked.Ĭonstruction building with kinetic sand. Because of the weight, it will only last a little while before cracking and then slowly floating apart.
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that worked! Can you?Ī full kilogram of kinetic sand rolled into a ball. using the 1kg we created a marble with marble run. We tested all sizes and found this largish marble size was about as small as we could go. We discovered you could roll spheres out of the sand and roll them without them coming apart. We talked here about separating things and about 2 equal parts.Įvery adult that came to my house couldn't resist playing with it.
It felt like the parting of the red seas.Īmazing stuff. It seemed magical in the way that the sides held their form.Ĭreativity, learning about animals and imprinting patternsĬhopping through a pile of what looks like loose sand. My 5 year old loved chopping away at bits of it. "This bit is too thin, it needs to be thicker like the other side." Just playing turns into discussing mathematical concepts of size, space and symmetry She was creating a dam and it had to be even all the way around. Whilst creating something specific, forming a dialogue about it helps with language development. Here are just some of the ways that we have been playing and learning with our kinetic sand.
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